martel
See also: martèl and Martel
English
Etymology
From Middle English martel, from Old French martel (modern French marteau), from Late Latin martellus, from Latin martulus, a variant of marculus (“small hammer”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːtəl/
Audio (RP) (file)
Noun
martel (plural martels)
- A hammer, especially a war hammer.
Synonyms
- (medieval hammer-like weapon): pole hammer, war hammer
Verb
martel (third-person singular simple present martels, present participle martelling, simple past and past participle martelled)
- (obsolete) To strike a blow with, or as with, a hammer.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:
- Her dreadfull weapon she to him addrest,
Which on his helmet martelled so hard
That made him low incline his lofty crest,
And bowd his battred visour to his brest
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See also
- Martel (surname)
Anagrams
- Tramel, armlet, malter, tramel
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑrtəl
Verb
martel
- first-person singular present indicative of martelen
- imperative of martelen
French
Noun
martel m (plural martels)
- Archaic spelling of marteau.
Derived terms
- se mettre martel en tête
Further reading
- “martel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
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Noun
martel m (plural martels)
- (Jersey) cognac
Synonyms
- couongnac
Old French
Etymology
From Late Latin martellus, from Latin martulus, variant of Latin marculus.
Noun
martel m (oblique plural marteaus or marteax or martiaus or martiax or martels, nominative singular marteaus or marteax or martiaus or martiax or martels, nominative plural martel)
- hammer (tool)
Derived terms
- marteler
Descendants
- French: marteau; se mettre martel en tête
- → Algerian Arabic: مارطو (marṭu)
- → English: martel
- → Dutch: martel
- Norman: marté (Jersey)
- Walloon: mårtea